Boat building is part of new living history museum in Astoria

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:10 PM

ASTORIA, OREGON - JANUARY 10, 2013 - This is the newly renovated Astoria Railroad Depot at the eastern edge of the Columbia River Maritime Museum. It will be the Barbey Maritime Center for Research and Industry. The building was constructed in 1925 by the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railroad. The depot served up to eight passenger trains a day from Portland until 1952. The 6,000 square foot depot is divided into two sections separated by a covered breezeway. The main building has two big rooms - a women's waiting room and a men's waiting room. This is the gate the separates the men's waiting room. Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian